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TalkBack / Analysts Recommend Nintendo Turn Third-Party
« on: February 27, 2003, 02:38:52 AM »
Before I say anything I first must say that I own both a Gamecube and a GBA, cause I can tell by the other posts that you guys aren't going to like what I have to say.
Last year at this time when market analysts said that in 2002 the Xbox would overtake the Gamecube, all the fanboys in here called bull**** and said things like "what do they know about gaming! wait till mario and starfox and bla bla bla bla."
One year later.. look where we are? Apparently these guys know more about the industry than any of you.
To those of you who keep bringing up GBA.. I know that it's Nintendo's ace up their sleeve.. but how long will it be there for them?
I have a GBA, and guess what? It sucks balls.. you know why? Because Nintendo has no competition so they basicly ignore it, knowing that it's the public's only option. All we get from N is a bunch of f*cking SNES ports of games I beat ten years ago. And then to top it off, they're selling each Mario game separately instead of releasing Mario All-Stars.
That's all fine and dandy for now.. but do you think Sony and Microsoft are just going to stand by and let Nintendo rule the handheld market forever? I guarantee you, they're going to attack it.. and if Sony does the smart thing and names it something like "Playstation Mobile (PSM)" or "Playstation Go (PSG)" or "Playstation 2.5 (PS2.5)".. the name recognition alone will crush Nintendo.
Think about it.. did all the apes that went wild over the release of the PS2 buy it because of all the killer games that were available at launch? No, because you and I know Sony had dick for games on the PS2 at launch.. folks bought it because it was the new Playstation.. and that can and will carry over into the handheld market.
The minute Sony releases a handheld, I'm going to take my GBA and chuck it into the toilet, and I won't be suprised if it flushes itself. Nintendo is burning it's last bridge with the way they're handling the GBA.
Last year at this time when market analysts said that in 2002 the Xbox would overtake the Gamecube, all the fanboys in here called bull**** and said things like "what do they know about gaming! wait till mario and starfox and bla bla bla bla."
One year later.. look where we are? Apparently these guys know more about the industry than any of you.
To those of you who keep bringing up GBA.. I know that it's Nintendo's ace up their sleeve.. but how long will it be there for them?
I have a GBA, and guess what? It sucks balls.. you know why? Because Nintendo has no competition so they basicly ignore it, knowing that it's the public's only option. All we get from N is a bunch of f*cking SNES ports of games I beat ten years ago. And then to top it off, they're selling each Mario game separately instead of releasing Mario All-Stars.
That's all fine and dandy for now.. but do you think Sony and Microsoft are just going to stand by and let Nintendo rule the handheld market forever? I guarantee you, they're going to attack it.. and if Sony does the smart thing and names it something like "Playstation Mobile (PSM)" or "Playstation Go (PSG)" or "Playstation 2.5 (PS2.5)".. the name recognition alone will crush Nintendo.
Think about it.. did all the apes that went wild over the release of the PS2 buy it because of all the killer games that were available at launch? No, because you and I know Sony had dick for games on the PS2 at launch.. folks bought it because it was the new Playstation.. and that can and will carry over into the handheld market.
The minute Sony releases a handheld, I'm going to take my GBA and chuck it into the toilet, and I won't be suprised if it flushes itself. Nintendo is burning it's last bridge with the way they're handling the GBA.
